Racial Hierarchies During The Civil War

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It is not possible to narrate the history of the United States up to the Civil War without acknowledging the centrality of race. From the beginning of American history, racial hierarchies were used in the production of American national and sectional identities and government policies. Starting from the First Nations, all up to slavery before and during the Civil War, America has proved itself to be a land of racial hierarchy and tension.
In the beginning, America was founded on a land which was already occupied by the First Nations. However, white European settlers were determined to announce their racial hierarchy over them. The replacement of Native Americans to white European settlers and black Africans was a slow process, but the numbers